What Am I Missing? Latitude 3340 as New for $699

GordonR on 02/11/2015 - 18:48
Last edited 02/11/2015 - 19:22 by 1 other user

Browsing the Dell outlet store, I happened upon the following in the "As New" section for $699.

Latitude 3340 with i3-4030U, 8Gb RAM, 500Gb (+8Gb SSD) drive

Dell appears to sell the same model, new, for a hefty $1444.

I'm sure I'm missing something because (a) 1444 seems too much, (b) 699 seems too little and (c) I can't reconcile these two numbers.

I scoured the specs to see if I am missing something (different generation cpu, touch vs non-touch) but I can't find any difference…

Do any of the OzB experts have any wise words before I jump for the "As New"? (Yes, I know that a full SSD would improve things, but its hard to get that sub-$700 without dropping to a Celeron or lower)

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  scrimshaw on 02/11/2015 - 19:01

  Nothing missing, Dell prices their Latitude notebooks very highly to deter normal mum/dad type consumers, people who chase after Latitude series laptops know exactly what they're buying for and are willing to fork out a higher amount of cash for a better laptop. Also they might be after the advanced tech support and warranty options.

  So higher price means better margins. On the outlet they are discounted very heavily, probably to encourage faster moving of stock, plus they may not have the space to keep hundreds of machines sitting around in a store room somewhere.

  Then again, the Latitude 3340 Education laptop is not really that high-end — it's a pretty average model and it's the cheapest Latitude you can get.

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  PVA on 02/11/2015 - 19:06

  +1

  no, thats correct. A cheap price.
  I bought a dell refurb a year ago, was half the new price - comes with 15 days change of mind and 12 month warranty like the new ones have.

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  Zylam Marex on 02/11/2015 - 19:13

  The only thing you're missing is a blonde girlfriend. The rest looks good.

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    [Deactivated] on 03/11/2015 - 07:37

    +1

    How do you know Gordon isn't a chick.
    He could really be some hot teenage girl trolling around trying to pick up sweaty obese middle aged men.

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  enzioFirenze on 02/11/2015 - 20:47

  I don't think this worth 699 IMHO!

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    GordonR on 02/11/2015 - 21:15

    I would be happy to hear of a better $700 computer, because I've been having trouble!

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  Richardc on 02/11/2015 - 21:40

  I think what u missing is the 3yrs warranty on latitude, those from outlet usually comes with 12 months.

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  hashtagbargain on 03/11/2015 - 18:36

  Link?

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    GordonR on 05/11/2015 - 01:11

    Link to what? The Dell outlet is here

    http://www.dell.com/learn/au/en/audhs1/campaigns/dell-outlet…

    Then click to Inspiron, Latitude or whatever you are after.

    But the actual listed items change frequently - they seem to all be taken off at the end of the week, and then on Monday a new list appears, and some are removed during the week. The one I was asking about is now gone.

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  Lunchguy on 05/11/2015 - 07:29

  +1

  Is this a good deal from the outlet store? Seems like a powerful laptop for under $1k.

  Latitude 14 5000 Series 5th Generation Intel Core i5-5300U (Dual Core, 2.3GHz, 3M cache), 128GB SSD, 8TV RAM) for $944.